2012 A Year in Review-Part1

So we are almost at the end of the year. I know I have said this every day for like a week now, but wow.  So here is my review of 2012 for you. I am having fun doing this. Today I went back through my blog and am giving you glimpses of the highlights of this year that is wrapping up.
It is a mix of photos and art and just about anything that makes me smile-top photos, top events-nice art!!!
By the way- I am splitting this over 2 days posts but it is still a LONG post.

January

Beach walking-it was a great winter for it last year

January Thaws

organizing- a constant chore

hockey-the season the Maine Black Bears did really well

IKEA road trip- ready for one now actually!

Putting a journal together
we leave for Arizona in February

A fabulous Fenway hockey game- when we beat our rival team (UNH) in overtime and it is 52 degrees in January in Boston!!!

And a bit of art

Love how I finally figured out that I could embossed right on the card

Love this light page with both embossing and clear die cuts on it.

More embossing on this card, and these great images from Stampington.
I also love the glittery trim.

February

Art

Light and airy. These feathers are stamped on acetate (Hero Arts).

Travel Journal-basically prepared and ready for our trip

Valentine's project

a very disappointing Super Bowl

silly card

An excellent adventure and a not so excellent flu around travel time
and I got to see some real saguaro cacti. Love it!

March

Hockey east and NCAA finals. Exciting and disappointing too! But in 2013 I don't think this is going to happen.

a real spring March- buds are super early this year

needing spring- March is often a tough month for me but this year it was pretty mild and easy.

finished travel journal-I especially like the way this one came out.

and I celebrated 

a birthday too!

April

travel tag glue book-used up some ephemera from a trip to London and Paris several years ago.
Think I will do this again.


a trip to the Peabody Essex museum over my break with a good girl friend


Leaves!!!

my first quiche-and it was delicious


the start of hours watching the original Dark Shadows
a little trip down memory lane for me

flowers start to bloom


some simple  fun cards

we open up the screen porch


a big visitor


spring art pieces

started my travel journal for our summer trip

and we finally ripped out our bedroom rug- after living here for 23 years-which it badly needed

Isn't it icky??????

May


we're boating again


first swim

more Arizona scrap-journal pages

Katie moves home from school

lilacs bloom-my favorite

a fun day with Tim Holtz

JUNE


summer journal

working at the lake

lots more summer journaling

and more fishing, boating, swimming, beautiful days outside

and more beautiful blooms

more days working the boat ramp
summer vacation starts
what a month!!

Be back tomorrow with the rest of my year in review.
Thanks for stopping by!

A few holiday cards

My blue series.  I made 10 cards for family just before the holiday. I wanted to show you some of these before we get  past all this holiday cheer and no one wants to looks at Christmas any more.

For this card I started with this very non-Christmasy colored paper. More like robin's egg blue than Santa red. I embossed the white snowflakes (Hero Arts background stamp). Then I die cut this star (Sizzix) which I like because it is very whimsical and fun for the holidays. I removed the middle oval and stamped a Christmas words saying in red on it just for a bit of contrast. Finally I stamped the Santa image (October Afternoon) on white paper, colored him and then trimmed him and added him to the card. Finally some Viva paint pen dots and the bow.

This next card was my last in the series of 10 and super super easy. When you need to do one more card and are feeling really sick, using pre-made pieces is the way to go.

A journal card and snowman sticker from October Afternoon, some Martha Stewart tape and then a glittery blue word that I die cut with a Sizzix die. I just love this die. I use it a lot, especially for holiday cards. (I really like the way the letters are-looks a little retro to me.)

One more to show you today.

I die cut the white (Quickutz) rectangular shap and stamped these words (Penny Black) from a Child's Christmas in Wales.  Have you read that book-by Dylan Thomas. It is a favorite.  I also die cut the wood paper background piece and used some snowflake stamps and puff white embossing powder. Finally, a bit more of that blue tape (Martha Stewart)  and 3 punched deer (Martha Stewart) on some silver shiny paper.

I will be back with more  another day.

So my head cold turned into a double ear infection and most likely they think a sinus infection too.

I feel like my head is in one of those astronaut bubbles right now.

Wiped out and miserable...

what a way to spend my week off.

Hopefully later today the antibiotics will kick in and I will be on the road to recovery.

Thanks for visiting today.